With Microsoft and Sony launching their newest consoles, news of drones delivering parcels and, er, the i Phone now coming in 'champagne' – it's been a big year for technology, gadgets and gaming.

But there’s plenty of evidence to suggest 2014 is going to be even bigger, as new and obscure technology becomes the norm.

Blame fuelbands, fitbits and all those other trackers that people seamlessly slipped onto their wrists in 2013 - the demand for a constant stream of information at the thump of a pulse has opened the floodgates.

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This week, a London-based developer called m Spy announced a new smartphone app called m Couple that is designed to help find out if your partner is cheating on you.

It enables you to see everything your other half is doing, from recording the phone calls and texts they exchange, to monitoring Facebook messages and Skype calls, to tracking their exact whereabouts via GPS.

I see it when people write about Chris Martin [his friend, they're godfathers to each other's daughters].

It's a kind of grudging respect because it's easy to go for the obvious kind of criticisms of him.